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NYT Article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/13/climate/hurricane-harvey-climate-change.html
Two studies show that climate change increased the amount of rainfall produced by Harvey. One study thinks that human-generated warming increased the storm's rainfall by 15%, and made a storm of this magnitude 3 times more likely; a second study shows an increase of 38%.
Yep, the era of being hesitant about the impact of climate change on big storms is pretty much over.
1st study: Attribution of extreme rainfall from Hurricane Harvey, August 2017 - IOPscience
As far as I can tell, 2nd study is not released yet.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/13/climate/hurricane-harvey-climate-change.html
Two studies show that climate change increased the amount of rainfall produced by Harvey. One study thinks that human-generated warming increased the storm's rainfall by 15%, and made a storm of this magnitude 3 times more likely; a second study shows an increase of 38%.
Yep, the era of being hesitant about the impact of climate change on big storms is pretty much over.
1st study: Attribution of extreme rainfall from Hurricane Harvey, August 2017 - IOPscience
As far as I can tell, 2nd study is not released yet.